idocrase

American

[ahy-duh-kreys, id-uh-] / ˈaɪ dəˌkreɪs, ˈɪd ə- /

noun

Mineralogy.

vesuvianite.

idocrase British

/ ˈaɪdəˌkreɪs, ˈɪd- /

noun

another name for vesuvianite

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Etymology

Origin of idocrase

1795–1805; < French < Greek eîdo ( s ) form + krâsis mixture

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idocrase

A banded and mottled calc-silicate hornfels occurring with the limestone at Iyerry Falls, W. N.W. of Braemar, has yielded malacolite, wollastonite, brown idocrase, garnet, sphene and hornblende.

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